Celastrina lucia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Celastrina
- Species
- Celastrina lucia
- Scientific Name
- Celastrina lucia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Celastrina lucia
Celastrina lucia, the lucia azure, northern azure, eastern spring azure or northern spring azure, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found eastern North America, ranging from the Maritimes south through the Appalachian Mountains to West Virginia.
The wingspan is between 22–35 mm. Adults are sexually dimorphic. They are on wing from April to July.
The larvae feed on Vaccinium species, including V. pallidum.
...Celastrina lucia in languages:
- English
- Northern Azure
- English
- Lucia Azure
- English
- Northern Spring Azure
- English
- Eastern Spring Azure
- French
- azur lucia
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Celastrina algernoni
- Celastrina argiolus
- Celastrina asheri
- Celastrina echo
- Celastrina fedoseevi
- Celastrina filipjevi
- Celastrina gigas
- Celastrina hersilia
- Celastrina huegelii
- Celastrina humulus
- Celastrina idella
- Celastrina ladon
- Celastrina lavendularis
- Celastrina lucia
- Celastrina matanga
- Celastrina morsheadi
- Celastrina neglecta
- Celastrina neglectamajor
- Celastrina nigra
- Celastrina ogasawaraensis
- Celastrina oreas
- Celastrina perplexa
- Celastrina phellodendroni
- Celastrina philippina
- Celastrina pseudargiolus
- Celastrina serotina
- Celastrina sugitanii
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